We can now provide information from the Kentucky Birth Index -  date of birth list, certificate number, adopted name,  birth name, etc

If you are searching for an adoptee born in Kentucky and the birth name is in 
the Kentucky Birth Book Index 1912 - thru 1969 - we will check for the  adopted name.

• Get a Generic Email address such as Yahoo, hotmail or GMail.  You may change your internet service provider  but these emails will not change.    www.yahoo.com (now charges for forwarding email),  www.hotmail.com  or http://mail.google.com    This is really a help when you post to search sites, and your email is not the same if someone is looking for you.  Remember to check these email accounts often, so they will stay active. 

• Start a notebook and keep record of everyone you talked to, correspondence mailed, e-mail, etc. 

• You are going to start making long distance telephone calls, so make sure you have the best rates.  The Kentucky Adoption Reunion Registry can offer you long distance for as low as 3.9 cents a minute. 

• Get together all the papers that you might have, adoption decree, your adopted birth certificate, and your non-identifying information.

• If you do not have your non-identifying information write for it. The waiting period is around 3-6 weeks for reply

• If you have a open communication with your adoptive parents regarding search, let them share with you any information that they know regarding your background.

• If you decide to employ a professional searcher - never pay money up front for search assistance. Always get references from a professional searcher and understand your contract.

• A birth parent has the right to obtain the delivery records from the hospital - so if you are unsure of  the date of birth this is another alternative.

• A birth parent should put a letter in the adoption file at the Cabinet of Human Resources in Frankfort  This will speed up the search if the adoptee petitions the court.

• Be prepared for contact . 

• If someone is helping you search without charge, please send a SASE if you are asking for a reply,  or accept a collect call  and reimburse them for charges, parking, copies, etc.  A lot of volunteers give their time and every little bit helps.

• Keep a list of registry entries and advise them when you have found.

• In some of the main libraries in Kentucky there are birth index books.   If you are an adoptee you can look thru these index books for the year that you were born and find your birth name and the maiden name of your birth mother.

• If you are a birth parent you might consider listing your maiden name in the telephone directory where the birth occurred or when you were living at the time.   The cost for doing this is not that expensive and would help in trying to help an adoptee locate you.

• If you need additional search help,  we will be happy to discuss this with you.

• We can now provide information from the Kentucky Birth Index - such as date of birth list, certificate number look up, adopted name, birth name for adoptee. 

• What is the address of the Circuit Court that I need?  

• Adoption Terms - Lingo

• Sample Letters

• Petition

• Social Security Numbers

States that have Open Adoption -  Alaska, Kansas, Tennessee
States where adoptee can get their original birth certificate -  Alabama, Ohio (up to 1964) Delaware, Oregon

States that Vital Statistic Public Index: (all years may not be available - or restrictions after September 11, 2001)
Kentucky, Ohio, Washington, Missouri, 

 

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Social Security Numbers -  The first three digits tell you what state issued the SSN -  this does not indicate it is the state of birth of the individual 

 

001-003	New Hampshire
004-007	Maine
008-009	Vermont
010-034	Massachusetts
035-039	Rhode Island
040-049	Connecticut
050-134	New York
135-158	New Jersey
159-211	Pennsylvania
212-220	Maryland
221-222	Delaware
223-231	Virginia
232-236	West Virginia
237-246	North Carolina
247-251	South Carolina
252-260	Georgia
261-267	Florida
268-302	Ohio
303-317	Indiana
318-361	Illinois
362-386	Michigan
387-399	Wisconsin
400-407	Kentucky
408-415	Tennessee
416-424	Alabama
425-428	Mississippi
429-432	Arkansas
433-439	Louisiana
440-448	Oklahoma
449-467	Texas
468-477	Minnesota
478-485	Iowa
486-500	Missouri
501-502	North Dakota
503-504	South Dakota
505-508	Nebraska
509-515	Kansas
516-517	Montana
518-519	Idaho
520	Wyoming
521-524	Colorado
525,585	New Mexico
526-527	Arizona
528-529	Utah
530	Nevada
531-539	Washington
540-544	Oregon
545-573	California
574	Alaska
575-576	Hawaii
577-579	District of Columbia
580	Virgin Islands
580-584	Puerto Rico
586	Guam
586	American Somoa
586	Philippine Islands
700-728	Railroad Board**

NOTE: The same area, when shown more than once, means that certain numbers have been transferred from one State to another, or that an area has been divided for use among certain geographic locations.
Any number beginning with 000 will NEVER be a valid SSN.
The information in the Social Security records about an individual is confidential by law and cannot be disclosed except in certain very restricted cases permitted by regulations.    After an individual is deceased you can obtain a copy of the Social Security Benefits and Copy of the Application for a fee of $21.00 per request.   - 

* = New areas allocated, but not yet issued 

** 700-728 Issuance of these numbers to railroad employees was discontinued July 1, 1963.